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(50 cards)

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Organizations

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Collections of people who work together and coordinate their actions to reach goals.

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Social Economy

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The concept of organizations that work toward a goal that benefits the community over profit.

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Blended Value

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Organizations that create both a social impact and economic value.

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Collective impact

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Public, Private, and nonprofits that work together to solve social issues.

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Management

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Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of resources to achieve goals effectively and efficiency.

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Resources

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Company assets such as staff, machinery, materials, etc.

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Manager

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A person responsible for supervising resources.

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Organizational performance

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Measure of how efficiently and effectively a manager uses resources to satisfy customers and goals.

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Effectiveness

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A measure of the appropriateness of the goals in an organization is pursuing and the degree to which the organization achieves those goals

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Efficiency

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How well resources are used to achieve goals.

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Planning

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Identifying and selecting appropriate goals and courses of action.

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Step 1 in the planning process

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Deciding which goals to pursue

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Step 2 in the planning process

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Analyzing the organizational environment for threats and opportunities

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Step 3 in the planning process

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Deciding what course of action or strategy to adopt

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Step 4 in the planning process

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Deciding how to allocate resources to implement the plan.

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Step 5 of the planning process

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Evaluating if the goal was achieved using this strategy

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Performance Level

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How effective and efficient the organization is at achieving its goals.

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Strategy

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Cluster of decisions about what goals to pursue, actions to take, and resources to use.

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Organizing

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Structuring workplace relationships so staff work together to achieve goals.

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Organizational Structure

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Formal system of task and reporting that coordinates and motivates staff to work together and reach goals.

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Leading

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Articulating the orgs. Vision and motivating staff so everyone knows their role in achieving organisational goals.

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Controlling

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Evaluating how well the org. Is achieving its goal and taking action to maintain and improve performance

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Department/Unit

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A group composed of subordinates who report to the same supervisor

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First-line managers

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Responsible for daily supervision and coordination of staff.

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Middle managers
Supervise first-line managers and are responsible to find the best way to use resources to achieve organizational goals.
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Top managers
Establish goals, decide how departments should interact, and monitor middle managers.
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Top-management team
CEO, president, and heads of most important departments. Responsible for developing strategies that produce a competitive edge.
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Conceptual skills
The ability to analyze and diagnose a situation and distinguish between cause and effect.
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Interpersonal skills
Ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the behaviour of others. People skills.
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Technical skills
Job specific knowledge and techniques that are required to perform a role.
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Core competency
The specific set of departmental skills, knowledge, and experience that allows one org to outperform others.
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Role
A specific set of tasks assigned due to a persons position within an organization
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Terminal Value
Lifelong goal someone wants to achieve
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Instrumental value
Mode of conduct you strive to follow
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Norms
Informal codes of conduct people should follow in their actions
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Value system
Terminal and instrumental values that guide an individual in life
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Attitude
A collection of feelings and beliefs
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Job satisfaction
Collection of feelings and beliefs that managers have about their current job.
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OCB's or organizational citizenship behaviours
Behaviours that are not required of staff but contribute above and beyond the parameters of the job
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What are the two reasons its good for managers to be satisfied?
1. More likely to work above and beyond | 2. Less likely to quit
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Organizational commitment
Collection of feelings and beliefs a manager has about the organization
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Mood
Feeling or state of mind
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Emotions
Intense, short lived feelings
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Emotional intelligence
The understanding and ability to manage one's emotions and those of others.
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Organiazation culture
Shared beliefs, expectations, values, norms, routines, etc. That staff have in common.
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Attraction-selection-attrition framework
Model that explains how personality influences culture.
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Organizational socialization
Process in which newcomers learns values and norms for the work environment
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Globalization
Forces leading to integrated global social systems.
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What are the two levels of the external environment?
Specific and General components
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Organizational Environment
The forces that effect the how operations go.